i de laugh in igbo language!i dont think the unions should consider only d fuel subsidy issue. they should also bring to d table issue of our OVER BLOATED govt expenditure. but in general, i think d unions re doing d right thing

this nlc need to be hold responsible for the death of few protesters. this is what i said earlier nlc is protesting because fuel affect them since kerosene were increased did they protest? now the have collected their own share attempting to shun the strike and protest. who is fooling who.

The labour should not forget to ask GEJ what he use the 30 billion dollars foreign reserve. Also let him cut his travelling and overhead,i cannot see the moral behinde a Gov that spend 1 billion naira on food, a Hp desktop computer for 300k and a system that allow thelagislators to use 25% of our budget as overhead.

Dont be dumb guys. Saturday and Sunday are work free days so a strike wouldnt normally apply on those days. I like the NLCs game here. They have dangled a carrot before the government to make it look like they are suspending the strike temporarily when they reall are not.

This report is incorrect. The protests will be suspended for two days -saturday and Sunday but the strike still holds. Watched this announcement on TV.

nairaman66:

NLC/TUC moving in the right direction. This is a good tactics to give rest to the tiresome crowd. Come 2 days later to see fire!

Thanks guys. BBC didn't give the full story.Strike is still on; how many government agencies even work weekends. Nairaman66 captured it all. It is for people to repower so as to refire.Anyways, airports will be open today and through the weekend

"NERC should insist on eye-catching tariff that would attract direct foreign investment. I believe electricity tariffs need to go up by between 300 and 400 per cent to attract investors into the power sector and provide adequate electricity to Nigerian populace. NERC should therefore do that which is needful by having the courage to increase the tariff irrespective of how politically incorrect it might be." [MALLAM NASIR EL-RUFAI, SEPTEMBER 2011]

Watch the government moving battalions of army and security agents to be stationed in places where the protests have been so much successful like Ojota the moment the crowds disperse. I can assure you they won't allow the people back at the same places to continue the protests. The protests must not be suspended until agreement is reached.

Anything short of reverting back to N65/liter and taking concrete steps towards eliminating corruption in a manner which will enable the government to raise the said N1.3trillion through associated savings while leaving the masses out of the mess should be unacceptable

At the is point in time, the NLC's interests may not be the same as those of the Nigerian people. If the NLC sells out the Nigerian people in the ongoing negotiations, I'm afraid both the government and the NLC will see the wrath of the Nigerian people.